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'A Web of Deceit': Florida Sues OpenAI Over ChatGPT Safety Concerns
Key takeaways
- Florida has become the first US state to sue Open AI over Chat GPT's safety and design, adding to a massive wave of existing lawsuits against the company.
- Florida isn't buying OpenAI's promise to build safely, as the beginning of the complaint shows.
- The state's lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, says they willfully ignored warnings, both from inside and outside of the company, about the many risks AI poses to its users.
Florida has become the first US state to sue Open AI over Chat GPT's safety and design, adding to a massive wave of existing lawsuits against the company.
According to the lawsuit (PDF) filed on Monday by Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, Open AI has built a "web of deceit and the exploitation of users, including Floridians." Florida alleges the company violated state laws against deceptive or unfair trade practices to boost its own market value -- and profits -- over the safety of its users.
Florida isn't buying OpenAI's promise to build safely, as the beginning of the complaint shows.
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